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Thursday , December 14, 2017

SJVNL targets 7920 mn units power

Shimla : State run Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd has set a target of generating 7920 million units of energy in the next fiscal year . This is expected to fetch a revenue of Rs 1820 crore , a top company official said Tuesday .

To achieve this an agreement has been signed in New Delhi between P.K.Sinha union secretary power and SJVNL’s CMD R P Singh .

The MOU provides for the commissioning of all six units of the 412 MW Rampur project . SJVNL’s flagship the 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri hydro-electric project in Himachal alone is expected to bring in Rs 818 crore .

SJVNL’s 47.6 MW Khirvire Wind power project in Maharashtra will contribute 70 mu in the next fiscal.
The 1320 MW Buxar Thermal power plant in Bihar will also come into operation .

The company is also looking for joint ventures to build the 600 MW Kholongchu hydro electric project in Bhutan and the 1000 MW Ultra solar power project in Rajasthan . Besides the 80 MW Doimukh hydro electric project in Arunachal Pradesh,officials said .